>>>>>>>>That doesn't mean he agreed with the Rev.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Mike, this is 100% incorrect. I've got some links and some information - there's not a chance in Hades you''ll look at it, but I'll post it for others.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You are not rational on this subject. A month into his presidency you declared it a failure. That told me all I needed to know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You're wrong, Mike. These guys proclaimed that he was a failure even before he was elected.
>>>>>
>>>>>Maybe so. As I remember it there was a brief idyll when it seemed he would unite us. Ha.
>>>>
>>>>And then you woke up? :-)
>>>
>>>It really has disappointed me. The polarization of the American public is not good for any of us. We are a seriously dysfunctional nation.
>>>
>>>This may seem dramatic but I am seriously thinking of leaving the country when Emily leaves for college a year from now. I don't like what the U.S. has turned into. It's an ugly country full of hatred. Our better days are behind us and we are on the downslope of empire. I'm not sure who will replace us as a world power -- things pretty much suck all over -- but we are not what we were. I am thinking of Vancouver, Toronto, New Zealand, and Scandinavia. Can you get by speaking English in Scandinavia or would I have to learn long unpronounceable words? ;-)
>>
>>I'm confused. You are leaving the country when your chosen political party and leader are in office? Your political party is running the country and NOW is when you want to leave?
>>
>>You do realize that by leaving and not using your chosen skills of journalism and writing publicly or at least to your congressmen, senators, and president that you are contributing to the polarization of the country? I don't see this country as being any more polarized than during any other time period (and even less so than some). Perhaps you are just more aware of it right now for some reason.
>
>I think it is much more polarized. Yes, "my"party and leader are in office. It's hard for them to get much done in the face of uncooperative opposition. It's a miracle that they enacted an OK health care reform bill and a tepid financial bill. Maybe it will get better after the election but I'm not betting on it. Joe Barton, Mitch McConnell, et al don't seem to know any way of political life other than outright warfare. It didn't used to be that way by either party.

Put your journalism talents to use: research party majority, minority and voting power over the past 6-8 congressional terms and inform us on which terms had the most opposition.